Mine-catcher.



P. ZAKIT.

MI'NE CATCHER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.10, I915. 1,13,525. Patented May 4, 1915.

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attoznc gt STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EETEB ZAKIT, OF AKRON, OHIO.

T /aZZ whom it may concern I Be itknown that I, PETER Z'AKIT, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Akron, in

thecounty of Summit and State of Ohio, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mine-Catchers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures. of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in mine catcher attachments for vessels and it has for its object the provision of a practical attachment of this character by the use of which explosive mines may be caught and transferred to the deck of a vessel without the danger of explosion by contact.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain, the same consists in the novel features of construction and peculiar arrangement, and adaptation of parts,

all as will be more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bow of a vessel provided with my mine catcher, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings, 1 represents the bow of a vessel, 2 the mine catcher or drag which is carried by the free ends of pivoted bracket members 3, which members are pivoted upon opposite sides of the bow portion of the vessel, as shown at 4. The free ends of the said bifurcated members 3 are connected.

with the outer upper and lower corners of the frame 2. The body portion of said drag or catching device consists of vertically and horizontally extended ropes 5 and 6. The rod or member 7, which comprises the lower Specification of Letters Patent.

MINE-CATCHER.

Application filed lebruary 10, 1915. Serial No. 7,421.

end of the drag-,is provided at intervals of gtsslength with horizontally extended hooks 9 is a cable or rope connected at one of its ends with an eye 10 at the apex of the frame 2, one arm of which extends upon opposite sides of the vessel as indicated in Fig. 2. Said cable is extended over a suitable pulley 11 journaledat the upper end of an inclined standard 12 at the extreme bow of the vessel, the cable extending to any suitable drum or hoisting device and provided forthe purpose of raising the drag when desired.

13 is a retaining member or rod pivotally connected at its forward end to the apex of the drag or catcher, its opposite end .being provided with a hook to engage an .lower end of the drag are thus brought into engagement with the cables connecting the mines with their anchors, the engagement of the hook being a short distance below the mine so that, when the mine is brought into contact with the drag or catcher. it encounters a yielding surface provided by the ropes forming the body of the catcher. thus avoiding contact with any fixed object which might cause the explosion of the mine. The mine thus engaged may, by releasing the hooked end of the rod 13 from the bow of the vessel and by drawing in of the cable 14. the drag with its mine attaclnnent will be carried upward and transferred to the deck of the vessel. as will be readily understood.

What I claim to be new is A triangular frame having a yielding body portion, hooks disposed at intervals deck of the vessel, and a cable or other suit- 10 along the lower edge of the frame, supportable device for raising the drag.

ing arms for the frame adapted to be pivot- In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my nlly connected at their inner ends to the signature in presence of two witnesses.

opposite sides of the bow of a. vessel means as a stay rod, provided atits inner eiid witli PETER a hook to hold the drag in its operative posi- Witnesses:

tion and by its disengagement with the ves- ADAM PAMER,

sel to permit the drag being raised to the ANTAL T. STENES. 

